Big Ten Week 1 Roundup: Rutgers' conference brethren combine to win 11 of 13 in opening week

GAME TIME: SATURDAY: 12 PM ET,
 TV: BIG TEN NETWORK

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey  --  File this away if Rutgers has trouble pulling away from Howard this Saturday: Seven Big Ten teams faced teams from the Football Championship Subdivision ranks during the opening college football weekend, and two of them received a scare from their lower-level foes.

Of course, the Scarlet Knights have shown little difficulty cruising past MEAC opponents in recent years, playing a team from that league every year since 2006 and winning by a combined score of 341-14.

For now, the Scarlet Knights can rest comfortably with the fact that no other Big Ten team had a more noteworthy Week 1 triumph. After all, Rutgers was the only Big Ten squad to beat a team from one of the so-called power conferences, rallying for a 41-38 victory at Washington State for its first win over a Pac-12 foe in school history.

Rutgers (1-0) will play host to the Bison (0-1) at noon Saturday.

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